The Sun. — London, England, 1818-03-25 00:00:00

THE COUNTRY. Our Readers will recollect that when we insti tuted the- plan of taking EXTRACTS from tire Newspapers in circulation all over the Empire, under the title of PRovINCIAL JOURNALS, which we have changed to the more general head new adopted, we signified that we should nor confine .ourselves to the matters of local intelligence which those Journals might afford, but communicate the opinions and arguments of their respective con ductors, on all subjects of national and universal interest. We begun with The Leeds Intelligencer and The (Dublin) Correspondent, as we were struck with the loyal spirit, sound principles, knowledge and ability, which those Papers, in p articular, displayed, aml we have since been often indebted to both. As the Conductors of the Provincial Journals are placed at a dis tance from the chief FURNACE OF FACTION, the Metropolis, they have Icisure to judge coolly, to reflect on the nature of passing events, and on the characters of those who ren der themselves conspicuous, either by vanity, folly, interested motives, or by the nobler impulses of public virtue. Loaf FoI.KESTONE stands among these conspicuous characters, bat whether from Party zeal or Public virtue, we shall leave the people at large to determine. At present, how ever, we shall avail ourselves of the opinions of n Writer who possesses distinguished abilities, 'which he seems at all times disposed to exert in support of the General Interests of the Empire. (Front The (Dr ?ilia) Curreiymilent of the 21st inst.) "LORD FOLKEtiTONE. "An important construction of the Law passed for empowering Magistrates to visit prisons was established by the proceedings which took place on Tuesday in the House of Commons, by which it appears, that this authmity dues not apvly prisoners committed for High Treason. This decision resulted flout Lord FOLKESTONE'S 11)0. tion, for leave to bring in a Bill to explain certain doubts as to the Statute of the 31st of the King— which motion his Lordship thought i: proper to withdraw, all the arguments that he had used be ing utterly refuted by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL. — We are aware of rhe improptiety of the term " ar guments," when applied to any thing which is re ported of his _Lordship's speech ; for an oration of a more desperate aim, more di!qinctly calculated to loosen all the train ligamekits of society, or of a more genuine Jacobin stamp, than this which has been set forth in the London Newspapers as the -Speech of Lord FOLKESTONE, we never have read. It is wild, rash, absurd, and impudent ; and, while it aims at traducing the Judgment-scut, and setting up the Government as the common enemy of Right at. !Justice, it is one of the most ignorant diatribes in all sound principles of the Law of the Land, and of general Justice, that t ver was pri , nonoced. We sneak only of what read—not of what Lord VOLK ESTONTE has spoken ; for, we would hope, that he never could have expressed those sentiments which are imputed to him. We should never think of blaming his Lordship for his own conceited no tions of his knowledge, nor for his overweening estimate of himself ; for this is become so fami liar now, as to become an absolute indication of Reformers, of all sorts and sizes. However they may vary in their species, this generic duality they uniformly display. It is a melancholy infatuation only that can drive men of rank and condition into such pernicious eccentricities—into conduct anti principles that, if ascendant, must throw so ciety into confusion, and .bury themselves among • the first victims in its ruins." OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC QUESTION. FOR THE SUN. PART XII. AEVIEW OF A LETTER. PRONI LORD GRENVILLE To LORD FINGALL, dated Camelloid-house, Jan. 22, 1810. MR. EDlTOR,—Ttiming to this letter, milt! in language, and cautious in sentiment as it is, it would be wrong to select disjointed paragraphs, to answer partial purposes. hi tie eleventh of these papers, it is said that the noble writer, after introducing arid eloquently supporting the Petition of the Homan Catholics, had, on ma turer deliberation, shrunk from the question.-- •Tltis he admits, because circumstances had been changed, by the imprisonment of their spiritual - 1-lead, under the tyranny of BUONAPARTE, who determined that in future his successors should be named by the Crown, which destroyed his su premacy in spirituals, and consolidated the Galli earl Cliarch and State into one ; consequently Ro man Catholic subjects would owe their spiritual allegiance to a foreign King, with a Pope in his belly, and temporal homage to a domestic one, yid] a mitre on his head. This would be such nonsense, that the receiving them into civil and political power, would place them, in a war, as enemies to him in a civil sense, and friends in a religious one. It would be to brandish two swords, as St. Peter did, who fought for his great master, one secular, the other ecclesiastical, which were afterwards seized by the POPE, and perhaps, like St. Peter, they might afterwards deny and renounce the hand that was opened. to shake their own. But to examine the letter; his Lordship says, AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, TO-MORROW, LOTTERY DRAWS.-THREE PRIZES OF THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS, SIXTY-FIVE OTHER CAPI TALS, AND EIGHT PIPES OF PORT. $. 41 For Lt fEIt.tRY REVIEW, see our Last Page. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Night. TnEATnr,AL, PwitY-LANE.—Know Your Own Mind: Millarnour, Mr. Rae; Lady Bell, Mrs. Alsop. After which, Olri. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GA nnEs.—(fourth time), Rob Roy Macgregor; Francis Osbaldistone, Mr. Sinclair; Diana Vernon, Miss Stephens. After which, Harlequin Gulliver. MAILS. ARRIVED-1 Dublin, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Malta, 1 France. Du E—l Waterford, 1 Holland, 1 Gottenburgh, 1 Lisbon, 3 Haniburgli. LA DY- DA Y.—Holiday at Um Bank, Stock Exchange, &c. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning, 31 minutes after 4. Evemiug, 56 minutes after 4 THE SUN. SOLEM Quis I)fCEItE FA ',SUM fl OF:AT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1818. We received last night the Paris Papers of Fri day and Saturday last. Those of Sunday, which were due this morning, have not come to hand. We give extracts in another column : they chiefly consist of the details of as event which for tits• moment spread consternation through all Paris, the destruction by fire of the Theatre Royal de l'Odeon. The flames burst forth on Friday, whikt several of the persons belonging to the Theatre were empkyed iii making arrangements for the next day's representation, and their pro gress appears to have been so rapid, that all-the body of the Theatre was destroyed in a very short time, with very considerable loss of property, and reducing by this calamitya number of families to the greatest distress. The Lord,SPECER whom the Paris Journals recently stated to have been conveyed to Saint Pelagie for 9 debt of 49,00 francs, is explained to be Lord SPENCER CHICHESTER. The King of PORTUGAL and BRAZIL is an nounced to have acceded to the Holy Alliance. The Chamber of'Deputies closed the discussion on the Customs Projet on Thursday, and adjourned till Saturday, to hear the Reporter of the Com mittee, and decide upon the Projet. FRENCH FIVE PER CENTS. Thursday, vx. thr. . - Gc f. so c. Friday,.. ditto 65 f. 90 c. This morning we received Norfolk (America) Papers to the 22d ult. (Frow, 7'he Norfolk Herald of the 20th rf Fib.) TRINIDAD, JAN. 21.—We are ID possession of important news from Caraccas. Mr. LINDSAY, of Grenada, arrived here the day before yesterday front Cuinana and Caraccas ; which last city he left the end of llecember ; he states, that confi dence in the Royal Army was restored; and that emigrant families had returned from St. Thomas's and Curacoa, amongst which, we understand, are two sisters of the Marquis del Tono. Orders had been received from the Spanish Cabinet to observe the strictest obedience to the Royal pardon of those persons who would wish to return, and avail themselves of it. All the families retired were immediately putt in possession of their pro perty, and from the known character of the Captain General, Brigadier-General PARDO, all the• Emigrants who wish to return to that Coun try may expect an entire compliance with the Royal Indoho. From two, to three hundred houses were building at Caraccas ; and at La Guita and Porto Cabello, trade with the neutral Colonies with Old Spain had greatly revived. (From the Charleston Conricr V . the 20th Feb.) The Bill reported in the House of Representa tives, by Mr. FoRsYTn, from the Committee to whom was referred so much of the President's Message as related to the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British West India Islands and Possessions in North America, was worthy of tlttir particular notice, from its technical title of a Bill supplementary to the Act regulating Duties on Imports and Tonnage, Ire gave it. It is a literal transcript, we believe, of the Bill reported by the same Committee at the last Ses sion, which was ably debated, but was laity over as- deser►•ing more mantle consideration. Few subjects of the present Session are likely to excite more interest than this Bill for countervailing the British Colonial Policy, if we except, perhaps, the Bill for establishing an uniform System of Bankruptcy, which scents loudly demanded from all the commercial sections of the country. It has been confidently asserted that Ministers have sent new Credentials to our Ambassador at Stockholm, with an acknowledgement 'of BERNADOTTE, on the part of the British Govern ment, as inheritor of the throne of the late Usurper. We have several times expressed our disbelief of this reported fact, and from all the en quiries which we have made, we are inclined to peresevere in our incredulity, As yet, we have only heard of an acknowledgment on the part of the KING of FRANCE, but, not considering that amiable and intelligent Monarch as exercising his free-will in these revolutionary times,• when too mile!' is necessarily sacrificed to popular opinion, corrupted by Jacobin principles, and encouraged by Jacobin success, we lay little stress upon what tve deem a kind of compulsory acquiescence on the part of that Monarch, and rather direct our views to the conduct of other Sovereigns, who are not under similar restrictions. - Those Sove reigns will surely pause before they commit a sort of felo de se act upon legitimate Authority, in sanctioning the seizure of a throne, while the Lawful Monarch, and his most promising lick- Apparent are in existence. Besides, it would be a point of national prudence in other Govern metal, before they acknowledge a Government o f usurpation, to kn ow a little mote of the clue character and probable designs of the new self-elect.:l Monarch. Once a Ja cobin always a Jacobin, and it is the Jaco bin nature to engross as much power as it can tor itself, and to embroil other couutries in or der to secure authority in its own. We heartily approve of the conduct Of Lord GRENVILLE' in not tolerating the authority of 13 00NAPARTE, When, by coup (11 main, he first possessed himself of the supreme power in France. Lord GRENVILLE acted on that occasion like a wise, c aut i ons, and expe rienced Statesman, and if we are finally obliged to follow the other Powers of Europ e in a degrading recognition of usurped authority, while the right ful claimant is alive, let us at lead endeavour to profit by the concession, and . secure some alvan tages to ourselves. tVe, THE DELIVERERS OF Eunorrt, have been insolently stiles(' A nation of Shop-keepers. It i's true policy, then, and not de gradation, for us to act like prudent tradesmen, and not part with aby thing without an equi° valeta. , La Serjeant BERNAbOTTE pay for our acquiescence in his self-elected Royalty before we part with that recognition, which Will be the most honourable security for his throne that. any Go' vernment could confer, however diSgracefttl it mg, be to our own national character. CORN-EXCHANGE, MAncti 25.—Havingno fresh Arrivals since Monday, the little business donBiti Fine Wheat and Oats were at Monday's prices Fine Barley supports its price ; in other kinds of Grain there is no alteration. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM BUENOS AYRES, DATED DECEMBER 30, 1817. . _ " The political situation of this province i 3 considered pretty securely established in the minds of the impartial to he Republican, so that there is nothing to apprehend as prejudicial to the cause of either external or domestic ell" mies. We have very late accounts from Ch h , which gi Ve account of the great success of the Pa" (riots in that quarter. e Royal Army had been obliged to retreat towards Lima. The Republican General Belgrono, from this place, had severa l , partial actions with th em , i n a ll o f w hi c h h e had put them to the rout. The Portuguese and 6" nerd Artigas have of late been very inactive , having little or no skirmishing : the former Pos sesses Montevideo, with very little territory ; the latter all the Northern and Western ports of !k' e province, and in this situation they have re mained for some time. Some reports say thi s is owing to the Portuguese shortly intending to evacuate their bold ; others, that they are only waiting for reinforcements, which or e , expected fron t Ri o J ane i ro , w h en t h ey "111 make an attack upon Artigas. The Portugue se and this Government at present are on r ather ftit-ndly terms, hut how long this tranquil sca t `_' of things will conti nue it is i mposs ibl e to say , f° all these people have kept perfectly al o of " mental grounds, in any thing that might hal been made und er comm i ss i on isturd by hint, wool ( not be permitted to enter the waters of this por t ' or any under its Jurisdiction." • The Prince of lIEssE LIomBERG yesterday k ft f town for Windsor, on a visit to th e Q uEE N PRINCESSES. On Monday morning the Dukes of KENT " I StissFx visited the Duke and Duchess (if C;Lou" cEsTER, who afterwards left town for Winds , '" The Dukes of YoRK awl CUMBERLAND YC s t er ' day visited the PRINCE REGENT. Yesterday Count Muss Tea had an audience of the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton-house. WINnsoR, MARcu 2-I.—At a late boo . r . l ast night the !lice of Ku NT arrived. The w eatl)ec proving stormy and cold; the Royal Family lo ve not left the Castle for two days past. Tl s :i 5 dO r the Prince ref HEssE IlomsEstG is expected topaY his first visit to her MAJESTY and the FeiNcesso - bells began to ring this mornini, awl IweC continued the %%hole of the day ; numbers of pc" sons of all ranks were assembled in expe,quA" ll of seeing his Serene Highness. , g ROYAL HUNT.—Monday the P RINCE BcoEN T Staghounds turned out a dee r , which wag 3 ver y i fine one, at IVi n kfi e ld-pl a i n . Th e d ee r sh ( " ve ` great sport, taking through the woods by Sr. ~Leon ard's-hill,. crossed the Thames 'nearly ball; the Gentlemen Sportsmen' and hounds carr through Windsor, and r enewe d t h e c hase Salt-hill, where he took across the country t° • wards wards Uxbridge, an d ran with great' sPee d b e Harrow-on-the-Hill, and about three miles on other side he was taken, after a long day'' Version. EASTER TUESDAY.—YesterdAy, accort-3": tO i I ancient cuslom, t h e S cholars of Christ ' s E1°51.7t7 walked in pr ocess i on to the Royal when about one o'clock they, with their heroin_ and nurses, were a d m itt e d to t h e Mans i on -h°T ie, ill and after seeing a il th e ornaments of the Eggt;lha Hall, they p a ss e d i n procession throng r ' 0 , Grand S a l oon ,. w h ere sat. the LoanMAYOII, L' l%- MAYOII%sS, and faintly, with the REcoßnEg City Officers, when his Lordship of eac h. of of the b o y s with sixpence, a glass of wine, bun ; after which the Lord MAyor went in ware with them to Ch r i st Church, when 'a sermon t v°s preached by the Rey. Dr. CHATEY,of Cambridge' who took his text front the 29th Chapter of Jo b? and 13th verse. Inc BIRMINGITAM THEATRF, opened on p-f t i. day l ast. M rs, C. EENIBLX, who, with E lI talents and aceomplislitnentS, which inStltr 111 110 f her into high estiiu as an Actress, but ' v a c to the disgrace of the Managers, cannot pr i)c e - i r an engagement on the London Boards, is, - 0) , gaged to perform a few nights at Birmine3;el where we doubt not that she will be rec e i l i o. a cordial ‘velcome. It is unjust, a$ ‘ “ ,..1 re t iny, in the MJnagers of Covers ("L r d en not to avail themselves Of the tahmts of tili s tfC:O, who has hardly a superior in point of c o te , talents, and eeitainiy Lone equa l i,t point "' r complishments, as site was induced to quit Lane Theatre when Mr. KtiMBLE heCmlie a pricror of the other, as he knew her ta lents might be rendered e m in ent l y usefo l . • B u t, fr°' what we hear, private partialities and pitill: o 11 1 - • chinations are su ff ered to prevail in ttle l att Theatre, otherwise, Mr. W ALsn , who saablY. ~e • sided over the !misled department, and bisi Mee cowplished pupil, Miss CAREA, would not ' l . B ' been discarded. It is fit that the nature a nd . 10 1 . i lives of the se machinations and dismissiuns shn o be publicly developed.. - SIMPLICITY.—A countryman giving evidence 1 . 11 1 a Court was asked by the Counsel if be was 1 “:: 1 1 in wedlock.? No, Sir:" answered the roan , was born in Deconsitir!" LETTER O F THE LAw.--:-A girl being , for stealing a p a i r o f black silk stoCkings, bult it be ar ing proved upon evidence that they . were t'V" ones, she was acquitted, . P . " -he t,;t l inks it would be an act Of undeniable wis dom and juiticeilo communicate to ourfellOw subjects, the Roman Catholics, the full enjoy-: mrent of our civil Constitution. Accompanied, he says, by suitable arrangements, maturely prepar ed and deliberately adopted, he believes would give strength and union to the kingdom, and encreased security to its religious establishment." This is fancy, nothing more than hypothesis, which proves nothing. The thought and belief of his Lordship, which ❑o doubt is sincere, is ail he has favoured us wiili. If they could be reallized, and made manifest, in truth and fact, or in strong probability, the question before us Would be solved. His Lordship then says, " to the just and sa. lutary extention of the civil rights of your body, it tranquillity and union be our object, other ex tensive and complicated arrangements should be added." PrHy, my Lord, what-rate they ? Answer ! " Hear me out, thou Citizen of the Vtrorld," ant thus Ise proceed- , : " All due provision must be made for the in violable maintenance of the religions and civil establishment of the United Kingdom. Much must be done for mutual conciliation, much f or common safety ; many contending interests must be reconciled, many jealousies allayed, many long cherished 'aud mutually destructive prejudices era- dicared." This is true, but do not thete candid declara tions imply, that the worthy Peer, in this his prescription, offers a reniedy for a danger be foresees, and an evil that he wishes to cure?— Let that be done he so truly describes, and the patients may recover. He further says, " When I speak of the neces sity of combining with the accomplishment of your wishes, provisions of just security to others, I am no less desirous of const.lting ever y reasonable apprehension ou your part. I look not to mere forted, but their substantial purposes, the safety (f our own establishment, the mutual good-will of ;;; our tellow•subjects, and the harmony of the Uuttcrl Kingd , ni." fit's his Lordship thinks may be done consist entry with the religion of Roman Catholics ; but is not this diving into futurity, and putting prac tice before theory ? The minds of rigid Roman Catholics can never unite with the liberal winds of Protestants, nor can they be expected ever cordially to co-operate with those whose faith they despise. His Lordship then goes on to say,. " In Par liament only, by a systematic and comprehensive arrangement of this extensive subject, can all its difficulties he surmounted, all its relations finally adjusted. To be effective and permanent, such an arrangement must be mutually satisfactory." In all this there is nothing to be denied, but it shows the doubt and difficulty in his Lordship's mind, or ~.,,triog Roman k,atholics into that civil trust and power which he first contended for. His whole letter blows hot and cold. lie is indecisive, even in thought and belief. lie points out what ought to be (lime, but bow, or whether it be possible, he is silent, whereby the contents of these papers continue nuimpeached. They are justified by what is, not what ought to be ; and so they ever will be, until Roman Catho lic subjects become genuine Members of the Bri-- tish Church and Strtte. Thus the author submits his judgment on this important question. If it be wrong, it will de feat itself. If it be right, the gates of hell, and all the Papists into the bargain, cannot prevail against it. TERR.E FILMS. t ~,, ~,;,:.